Background
Ivan Cheremisov was born on the 6th of November in 1939, Russia.
Ivan Cheremisov was born on the 6th of November in 1939, Russia.
Since 1946 he lived in the city of Vilnius. He graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary (1965), Moscow Theological Academy (1972). In 1971 he became a monk. Trained at the Ecumenical Institute in Bosse (Switzerland, 1973-1975). Rector of the cathedral in Kaunas in 1979.
He was a deputy prior of the Patriarchal Compound in Tokyo (1982-1985). Dean of the Danilov Monastery in Moscow (1986-1989). Bishop of Vilna and Lithuania (1989-1990). Bishop of Tobolsk (1990). Bishop (since 1990), Archbishop (since 1999) Krasnoyarsk and Yenisei.
